Record Details

NHER Number:32813
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Saxon metalwork, multi-period finds and pottery sherds

Summary

Fieldwalking in this area during 1997 recovered sherds of Roman, Late Saxon and medieval pottery. Subsequent metal detecting in 1997-98 retrieved various items including a Middle Saxon/Late Saxon ornament, a medieval strap end or book clasp, a Saxon hooked tag and a possible part of a Roman copper alloy bracelet.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 77 15
Map Sheet:TF71NE
Parish:WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

3 April 1997. Fieldwalking finds - finder's field 43.
Roman, Late Saxon, medieval sherds.
Medieval roofing tile.
See full list and plans in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 11 July 1997.

1997-98. Metal detecting.
Twenty-seven Roman coins.
One medieval and one post medieval coin.
Roman, Early Saxon, Middle Saxon/Late Saxon (S1), Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval metal finds.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 23 December 1998.

1997-98.
Middle Saxon/Late Saxon ornament found. Maybe a mount from a sword harness.
See description/notes in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 14 September 2000.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BRACELET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • SWORD BELT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BOOK FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Holness, A.. 2000. Drawing of a Middle Saxon/Late Saxon mount from a sword harness.. Film. 2:1.

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